Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-07-30


enio Properties AS Described by a
Spanish Physician.
Consul Du Pre- transmits from San Sal
q an interesting report upon the use
OF coca IN that country and its effects
upon the inhabitants. He says:
II have seen so much recently written
OF coca in newspapers and in medical pub
LEGATIONS that ] am impelled to report what
j have learned Of the virtues Of this prod
net of South American forests. With
lcathcrn straps passing around their fore
heads TO sustain burdens OF 100 or eco
pounds on their backs, | find these 1.-THE,
slender natives travcrsing plains and
mountains with greater celebrity han the
mule | bcstridc, which travels the live
long day six miles an hour. Native ply
sicians and those of the schools of Paris,
France, concur in assuring me hat this
extraordinary capacity for endurance CT
toll and hunger is to be ascribed TO the
use by these viageros Of coca. Recently
the medical profession in all countries has
been induced TO study the strange and
unique properties and effects OF coca. A
peculiar force, producing nervous ~insensi-
bility, distinguishes coca when used as an
alkaloid.
at is admini.tered freely to infants,
and is the chief intoxicant Of men and
women. Youths through many days are
intrusted with the care Of valuable flocks
OF llama9, having no other suStCnance
than that To he found in little lcathCrn
purses containing coca and its compounds.
indian chew ii constantly. Theirs, like
the maXillary movements Of tobacco
cheWers, are incessant. From thirty to
fifty grains are consumed daily, serving,
unlike tobacco, both as food and s.inlu-
lan& Without coca habitual chewers
cannot digest food; without it they are
unable TO ascend mountains with long.
rapid strides the livelong day. They will
not toll without IL; without it they enjoy
nothing; without it, practically, they cease
TO live.
EFFECT OF CHEWING COCA
"Thc immediate effect of chewing coca
is perfect i~nsensibility Of the interior Of
the mouth. The immediate sensation is
that which one would experience when
finding that his mouth had become n great
void in somebody elsc's head. | had a
dentist apply it when extracting the roots
OF a mOlar tooth, and the effect was as
described. Indians constantly using coca
finally lose the senses Of taste and smell.
They can eat without ~rcpugnance most
disgusting food and drink most nauseating
draught3. The sensitiveness of the nu.
cous membrane has been DESTROYED.
When one goes further and swallows the
saliva imprcgnated with the juice Ct the
coca leaf II delicious sensation Of warmth
and of perfect blessedncss entirely pervade
ones whole being, intellectual, nervous
and physical, md he is Tapped in the joys
Of an clySium. In doses OF fifteen TO sixty
2 Grains coca prOlpcas JalirItfu1 iutpyino-
tiCu.
Its Joys transcend in perfect blessed
nCss all known human delights. A sensn-
ton Of lightness first supcrycncs: the mir
inhaled Is zephyrs from angels wings;
there are wild imaginings and fantastic
h~allucinations and gorgeous visions, and
then complete in6cnsibitity. 1t Is intoXi-
cation without drowsincss, without con-
Eestion Of the brain, involving n sense OF
perfect rest. The law Of gravitation is
Suspended ana the CoqucrO drifts bodily
among TIC stars. Meanwhile the muscU-
lar system IS stimulated TO an extraordi-
nary degree; an intellectual excitement
supcrycncs, enabling the possessed Of
this demon To watch and toll through
clccplcss days and nights. No dreadful
headache or more intolcr2blc nervous
prostration follows.
A MOST PoTEET NERvINE.
at is tho most potent n~crvine, almost,
at mans disposal Its hyCienic proper
ties are disclosed from it's physiological
properties says n Spanish NJ. d., who
adds that in hot infusion il is the one use
full and hcalthIul beverage one can use
after dining. Especially is it commended
to the feeble, to those who have tran
seconded limits of sobricty in using
alcohol. Its virtues should be tested,
therefore, i'll inebriatc asylums. 1t surely
Gains nervous eXcitabiiity Of many, and,
taken in small quantities, enables one to
endure cold and rain and snow, and it
enables one to defy great fatigue and re-
stores the forces lost by excuses. 1t is
popularity used for indigestion, for dis
ordered stomachs, for hysteria, latulcncy
and collie, and oil forms of intestinal dis
orders.
at is used constantly by toilcrs in
mines, and when one reaches the mines
after marching several days through
forests and over mountains, sustained
alone by the use Of coca and maize, he is
permitted to eat at discretion through
four days and nave perfect rest. Then he
is in perfect health and fresh md fat
says the writer above quoted. 'Cocaismo'
-habitual intoXication by the use OF coca
more easily becomes habitual and in
durable than alcoholism or addictiveness
to opiates. Its consequences, however,
are not yet wholly measured or compre-
hended. Excessive and constant use Of
this ~intoxicant bcgets rapidly, moral and
intellectual degradation and decay, steady
decline is interrupted at intervals by re-
~sistless impulses to do most violent and
brutal acts. The nature of the father, as
perverted by the drug, is transmitted to
the child, and the inveterate vice, operat-
ing through generations, is said TO account
for the brutality of race of Indians, and
Quichas and Almaras Of Bolivian fast
nesses. Washington Letter.
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